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1 Samuel 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh Calls Samuel

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Now the young boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And word from Yahweh was rare in those days; [fn]visions were infrequent.

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And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to fade, and he could not see well),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God was,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:4 - that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - Then Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he [fn]answered, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:7 - Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, nor had the word of Yahweh yet been revealed to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:8 - So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for Your slave is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Then Yahweh came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your slave is listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:11 - And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:12 - “In that day I will establish against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - “And I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew because his sons have been bringing a curse on themselves, but he did not rebuke them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:14 - “Now therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”

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So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:16 - Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:17 - And he said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes.”

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Thus Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - So all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - And Yahweh appeared again at Shiloh, because Yahweh revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
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Lit no vision spread abroad
Lit said
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